“Great satisfaction comes from sharing with others”.
We can reach great heights in life only by lifting each other up. Inspire your children to share their love and strength with others. Such humane and responsible nature should be taught by parents to their children. Humans are social animals. All the progress and development we see around us today has been the result of human sharing and shared effort. Let us today take a look at how you can teach your children to share.
Importance of sharing
Sharing allows your children to develop interpersonal skills. It gives them the opportunity to make friends. Make them understand that sometimes only those who are willing to share will see themselves in abundance with help when needed. Teach them when they shouldn’t be selfish and that being so they shouldn’t expect other people to be benevolent towards them. Sharing also shows teamwork and helps build a cooperative mentality in children. It helps them develop empathy and sympathy towards others. In this world, sharing is a vital trait to have that will make everyone love and care for each other. What more reason would you need to teach your children why it is important?
How can you teach your children to share?
Games
It is an interesting way to teach this quality to your children. Through games, they can demonstrate their teamwork and how sharing with others can help them to progress. Every child wants to win in the games they play. So, show them how sharing can help them win.
Start early
Teach your children to share from a young age itself. The habits one develops while young tend to stay the longest. Try to inculcate the habit of sharing and let them experience the feeling, so that it feels natural to them as they grow up.
Reward them for sharing
Rewarding doesn’t necessarily mean giving them presents. It can be a warm gesture of appreciation too. It will help them associate sharing with happiness and will help them be comfortable with that feeling. But make sure you don’t overdo it so much that your children would expect a reward every time they share.
Let them see why it’s important to share
Children can be more understanding than you imagine. Sit down and have an open conversation with them on why sharing is important and how they have to improve on that aspect. Answer any questions they might have. Children will have a lot of doubts about why they should part with their things and possessions for others. Try to make them see the sense and deeper meaning in the act.
Do not force them
Children should be willing to share all by themselves, and not be forced upon. Do not force them to share. It can only make them hate the idea of sharing. If they are reluctant to share, discuss with them the reasons why they do not want to share, and alternatives can be made to try to make them see why they need to do it. If they are still unwilling, let them be and have a discussion at a later time with a clear mind. Do not force the issue or get angry with your children.
Show by example
Children learn things and pick up habits by watching people around them. So naturally, once your children see you sharing with others, they will be inclined to do so too. So, try to be more sharing and benevolent.
Plan ahead
If you know that there will be situations coming up where your children will need to share and cooperate with others, plan out how your children can act accordingly. You can plan out small activities and train them for the occasion.
Create opportunities for them
Create opportunities where they are in situations to share. You can buy them sweets and chocolates and ask them to share them with their friends in the neighbourhood. Ask them to share their toys with their friends and siblings while playing. You can slowly build it up with such small gestures and actions.
Tell them stories with morals
Stories are one of the best ways to teach children about good behaviours. The morals and lessons from stories can convey the messages far better than any conversation can. Read to them stories that entail the importance of sharing and teamwork. Tell them stories where selfless acts were greatly rewarded and recognized.
Also, teach them when not to share
It is also important to teach your children when not to share. Even for the best things, there must be a limit set. Some children share things with others without any thought and they are often exploited by others. So, your children must know to differentiate between when it is ok to share and when they shouldn’t.
Teach them to be grateful
Teach your children to be grateful for the blessings and opportunities they have. Once they see all that, they will feel inclined to share that good fortune with those who lack it.
We hope you find this blog article useful. Let us together help our children develop the habit of “sharing”. After all, “sharing is caring!” 🙂
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